VIRGIN AMERICA REPORTS MAY 2016 OPERATIONAL RESULTS

San Francisco - June 9, 2016 - Virgin America Inc. (NASDAQ: VA) today reported its preliminary operational results for May 2016. The airline's traffic (measured in revenue passenger miles) increased 18.1 percent on capacity (measured in available seat miles) that was 15.5 percent higher from the same month in 2015.

Load factor was 86.1 percent, an increase of 1.9 points from May 2015. The number of onboard passengers increased 16.8 percent from the same month last year.

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Editor's Note: Virgin America is a U.S.-controlled, owned and operated airline. It is an entirely separate company from Virgin Atlantic. Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group is a minority share investor in Virgin America.

About Virgin America: Known for its mood-lit cabins, three beautifully designed classes of service and innovative fleetwide amenities - like touch-screen personal entertainment, WiFi and power outlets at every seat, Virgin America has built a loyal following of flyers and earned a host of awards since launching in 2007 - including being named the 'Best U.S. Airline' in Condé Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards and 'Best Domestic Airline' in Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards for the past eight consecutive years. For more: www.virginamerica.com

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